William R. Terry

William Richard Terry (12 March 1827-28 March 1897) was a Confederate States Army Brigadier-General during the American Civil War.

Biography
William Richard Terry was born in Liberty, Bedford County, Virginia in 1827, and he graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1850 and worked as a merchant and farmer before the American Civil War broke out. He raised a company of cavalry in Bedford County, and he fought at the First Battle of Bull Run before becoming colonel of the 24th Virginia Infantry. He was shot in the face while leading a charge at the 1862 Battle of Williamsburg, and he was wounded again at Pickett's Charge at the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863. On 31 March 1864, he was promoted to Brigadier-General, leading his troops in every battle from the Battle of Cold Harbor to the Siege of Petersburg in 1865. He suffered his seventh battle wound on 31 March 1865 at the Battle of Dinwiddie Court House, and, after the war, he served in the State Senate from 1869 to 1877. He died in Chesterfield County, Virginia in 1897.